Multicultural ad spend down in 2009; less than general market
Spending by Spanish Language and African-American media declined 4.7% and 7.3%, respectively, in 2009, according to figures released by The Nielsen Company. The declines...
Robert Feder blasts back at Randy Michaels
After we got comment from Tribune CEO Randy Michaels regarding an issue Robert Feder from Chicago Public Radio's Vocalo.org brought up, Feder has fired back. It started on 3/10 when Feder reported Michaels had issued a list of 119 words
Clear Channel begins to level out in Q4 2009
Broadcast revenues were down in 2009. There are no two ways about it. Clear Channel still brought in a lot of cash for the year -- $5.6B – but that was down 17% compared to 2008. The good news is that its loss in Q4 was only 6%, to $1.5B over the same
Prometheus objects to HD power surge
Low power FM proponent Prometheus Radio Project says that the FCC Media Board has made a “foolhardy” decision to allow a power increase in...
Nielsen signs Sunrise Broadcasting
Nielsen has just signed Sunrise Broadcasting of New York: WGNY AM & FM, WTSX-FM and WDLC-AM, in the Newburgh-Middletown market. Nielsen adds Sunrise to...
Kramer says RAB is scoring successes with advertisers (audio)
While providing training and other resources to members is a big part of the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), job #1 is to raise the profile of radio to advertisers and bring ad dollars to
Howard Stern crowns winning Woods mistress
Three of Tiger Woods’ publicly identified former mistresses did, indeed, show up for the “beauty pageant” that Howard Stern conducted Wednesday on his Sirius XM satellite radio show. It appears that Woods’ wife did not accept the invitation to serve as a judge
Tom Kent announces new programs with Citadel
The Tom Kent Radio Network is launching two new programs 3/15 with syndication partner Citadel Media. The shows will target the lunch hour and...
Music interests deploy pig at NAB headquarters
The NAB was amused by five individuals sent by RIAA-backed interests to the broadcast organization’s Washington DC home with a blow-up pig to protest NAB’s stance against the Performance Rights Act
RAB Chair says focus is on providing value to members (audio)
As RBR-TVBR continued our interview with Entercom Regional VP Weezie Kramer, the new Chair of the Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), the conversation
Ron Lundy reported ill
The New York Daily News reports that one of the city’s best-known Top 40 DJs, Ron Lundy, is hospitalized in Mississippi after suffering a...
Randy Michaels memo will be tough for WGN staffers
In Chicago Public Radio's Vocalo.org, Robert Feder reports Tribune CEO Randy Michaels issued a list of 119 words and phrases that must never be...
Arbitron adds PPM breakouts for pro football
Arbitron has announced the first product from its new Arbitron Sports division. It’s a detailed analysis of listening measured by the Portable People meter...
Limbaugh emigration threat clarified
We saw if first on the Colbert Report – radio icon Rush Limbaugh threatening that if health care reform passes, he’ll go to Costa...
“The Bev Smith Show” stylin’ at NAACP Image Awards
"The Bev Smith Show" took its listeners to the NAACP Image Awards in LA. Established in 1967, at the height of the civil rights...